call bird

noun

A captive bird used by hunters to lure free-flying birds into a snare or trap.

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Meanings

nouncall bird (plural call birds)

plural call birds

  1. A captive bird used by hunters to lure free-flying birds into a snare or trap.
  2. broadlyfigurativelyAnything desirable used to lure somebody.

    An example is the 'Kenwood Chef', a product which is so well known to the public that it is used as a 'call bird' by the discounters: the machine is given a conspicuous place in the shop [window]

    1983, David Mellor, Report to the Design Council on the Design of British Consumer Goods, page 21
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Chicago

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